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JEAN REUSE, OF ENGIIIEN, BELGIUM, ASSIGNO'R TO THE SOOIETE ANONYME D EXPLOITATION DES BREVETS REUSE AUX ETATS-UNIS DAMERIQUE,

OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,915, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed December 24,1897. Serial No. 663,285- (No model.) Patented in Germany February 21 1890, No. 53,166.

To all whom it may concern; Be it known that I, JEAN REUSE, residing at Enghien, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac companying drawings.

The invention relates to cigar-machines. J The object of the invention is to produce a machine in which a cigar may be completed and covered while inclosed between operatrugaws.

This machine was patented in Germany, No. 53,165, the German patent bearing the :5 dates February 21, 1890, and August 19,1890, the latter date being supposed to be the date of publication.

The machine produces a very exact representation of a hand-made cigar. of tobacco, which may be broken or loose, is

inclosed in a binder, as usual in handmade cigars. This package, roughly approximating the form of a cigar, is placed by hand between the jaws of the machine and by the jaws may be both compressed and rotated while so held. A tobacco-leaf cut to form a cigar-wrapper is fed by hand to the partlyformed cigar in'the jaws, and by the jaw action the wrapper is wound spirally on the body of the cigar. As thetip is reached a little gum is applied to the wrapper by the finger of the operator and the wrapper is completely wound and sealed to the cigar by the action of the machine. Before leaving the jaws the cigarbutt may be cutoff. The nick or notch in the wrapper, usual in covering, is formed in the machine before the winding is completed. Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, the driving mechanism omitted. Fig. 2 is a 0 cross-section near the mid-length of the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan of the machine, parts being broken away. Fig.- 4 is'a broken crosssection of the working parts of the machine with jaws in different position from that shown 5 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a supporting-table and a power driving mechanism by which the machine may be driven. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of a modification of the machine in which cigar-holding clamps A quantity,

knife or cutter afterward referred to.

are used in addition to a pair of manipulatorjaws. Fig. 7 is a broken detailelevation of the mechanism of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an end elevation, and Fig. 9 a plan, of one of the cutters and its connections. Fig. 10 is a face View of one of the jaws belonging to a pair of manipulatorjaws, said jaw having prongs or fingers with spaces between and in the face of such fingers a recess approximating the outline of the half-section of a cigar. The pair of jaws of which Fig. 10 is one may be called the outer jaws of this machine. Fig. 11 is a face view of one of the pair of inner jaws. Fig. 12 is an end view of the same. Fig. 13 is a face view of the other inner jaw, and Fig. 14. an end View thereof. The fingers of these jaws lie between the fingers of the outer jaws, and the faces of these fingers are recessed, as described of the jaw Fig. 10. Fig. 15 is an end View of one of the outer jaws. Fig. 16 shows an edge view of a swing 7o leveror link anda face View of same with sections of rods therein. Fig. 17 is a face and an edge view of ratchet-wheels afterward described. Fig. 18 is a plan, and Fig. 19 an end elevation, of one of theknife or cutter carriers. Fig. 20 is a plan and elevation Ipf a ig. 21 is a perspective of one of the ratchet-levers afterward referred to. Fig. 22 shows detail side and end views of a clamping-piece. Fig. 23 is a sectional detail' view showing engagement of pawl-levers referred to with. one of the operating-ratchets or toothed cams. v Fig. 24 is a sectional detail showing engagement of rod G with one ratchet-wheel and connections.

The work-table X, Fig. 5, has a recess in its central portion,in which the cigar-machine proper rests. The mechanism of the cigar-machine can be drivenfrom any suitable power mechanism, much as sewing-machines are driven, and the operator willpreferably be able to start and stop the machine by footpower. Any suitable driving means may be used, and to propel the machine about to be described it is only necessary to reciprocate the spindle E crosswise of the machine. The mechanism illustrated in Fig. 5 is an example of means by which such reciprocation may be effected, the rod E being carried bodily sidewise in such reciprocation.

The cigar-machine proper,as i1lustrated,has a frame with end walls A A, which walls are rigidly connected together by the rod 0.

Rod 0, as shown, is a fulcrum or pivot for the outer jaws. The frame-pieces A A are also connected by the table-plates B B. The walls A A have openings for the passage and movement of the shafts and spindles which project through said walls.

The table-plates have transverse slots therein, in which the knives hereinafter referred to operate. A table U, preferably of zinc, can be attached to or removed from the machine.

The walls or frame-pieces A A have bearings or supports for two short shafts or rods 0 O, which shafts are in line with each other, but with a space between. On the shafts O 0, one at each end of the machine, levers or links D D are mounted so as to swing on said shafts. Near the lower end of these links or levers a rod E extends through these levers and from end to end of the machine, and this rod E, reciprocating transversely of the machine, swings the links or levers D D. (See Fig. at.)

The inner jaws F F are pivoted to rod E. These jaws F F form a pair and open and close toward each other. Each jaw of the pair F has fingers at its upper end, and between these fingers. the fingers of another or outer pair of jaws M M project. The jaws M M are outside of the jaws F F and partially inclose the same, but the fingers of the outer pair of jaws extend into the spaces between the fingers of the inner pair of jaws thatis,the fingers interdentate. In the proximate faces of all the fingers of the jaws a recess is formed, which recess approximates the form of a cigar, and the cigar which is produced bythis machine is formed or pressed, covered, and trimmed while in this recess in the fingers of the jaws.

V The links or levers D D have slots D D between their supporting-shafts C O and the rod E, the latter rod being near the swinging ends of levers D D. A rod G extends from end to end of the machine through these slots in levers D D and also through inclined slots H H in the bars of jaws F F below the jawfingers. (See Figs. 12 and 14.) The side movement of rod E swings levers DD, and these levers DD swing rod G with them 5 but as rod G is nearer the center of movement of levers D D the amplitude of movement of said rod G is less than that of rod E. The inclination of slots II H in the jaws F F is in opposite directions. The rod G is movable in vertical direction in the slots D of levers D D. Thus it will be plain that anything which causes rod G to rise relatively to rod E and in the inclined slots H II will tend to close the jaws F F, and anything which moves rod G closer to rod E will tend to open jaws F F, and this independently of the swinging movement of said jaws due to the swing of levers D D and rods E G, which are carried by said swinging levers D D.

The short shafts O 0 each carry a double ratchet or a ratchet and cam tooth wheel, as shown at I J and I J, these ratchet or cam ratchet wheels being similar. The ratchet or ratchetand-can1 wheel I J is either integral or the two parts are rigid the one with the other. These wheels are caused to rotate by means hereinafter described. 7 The rod G is pressed upwardly by the two plates P P,which plates extend transversely of the machine and near the opposite ends thereof. These plates P P are each borne upward by two coiled springs Spa", Figs. 1 and 2. The central part of each plate P P is concave on its upper surface.

The plates P P press the rod G up against the ratchet-teeth of ratchet-wheels I I. As the levers D D swing sidewise in one direction,carrying rod G with them, said rod G rides along the inclined faceof the teeth on ratchetwheels I I and is thereby depressed, (against the pressure of plates P P',) and thus the jaws F F are opened by the action of rod G in their inclined slots. When rod Ghas passed over the ratchet-teeth, it is quickly lifted by the spring-pressed plates P P and by its upward movement quickly closes jaws F F.

The reverse swing of levers D D, carrying rod G with them, causes the ratchet-Wheels I I to make a partial revolution on their axis as rod G acts against their straight faces. The jaws F F are held in closed position during this movement. Thus each swing of levers D D in one direction opens jaws FF, but causes them to close at the completion of the swing,while a movement in reverse direction swings these closed jaws about a center which is in line with the short shafts C C. The axis of the cigar between the fingers of the jaws is in line with the shafts (l C, so that this swing of the jaws tends to rotate the cigar on its axis.

Backward movement of ratchet-wheels I I is prevented by engaging pawls,which will be described.

Pawl-levers K K at one end of the machine and similar levers L L at the other end of the machine each have bearing-surfaces which respectively engage the cam or ratchet surfaces of the cam -ratchet-s J J. These pawl-levers are all pivoted on the rod 0 and have forked lever-arms which loosely straddle rods S15, and springs Sp bear against the lower arms of these pawl-levers and tend to close these pawl-levers against the faces of cam-ratchets J J. Two or more of these pawl-levers have stop-pawls K connected thereto,which stop-pawls, bearing against the faces of ratchet-wheels I I, prevent-backward movement of such ratchets and of course of cam-ratchets J J. The pawls or pawl-levers K K L L are thus separated at their upper ends by the partial rotation of IIO the cam or ratchet wheels J J by the ratchet or cam teeth pressing out on said levers, and the levers arepressed against said teeth by spring action.

The two pawl-levers at the front of the machine are connected by a rod, and the levers at the rear of the machine are similarly connected, these rods being designated as N N. The swinging of the pawl-levers just described causes these rods to approach toward and recede from each other, maintaining parallelism. On these rods N N the outer jaws M M are loosely mounted. These jaws are similar, except that in addition to the upwardly-projecting fingers one jaw has forweirdly-extending fingers or prongs m Fig. 4, which fingers form a sort of floor or grating across the bottom of the cigar-space when the jaws are open,as in Fig. 4. The lower ends of jaws M M are pivoted to rod 0. Thus the swinging of rods N N toward each other closes the jaws M M, and a reverse movement opens them, and the fingers of these jaws,'proj ecting between the fingers of jaws F F, grasp I the cigar when jaws F F are open, and vice versa, and the rocking of jaws F F about their center of closure tends to rotate the cigar or respects move in a great measure independently of the outer jaws and may open to their full extent while the outer jaws are closed, and vice versa. As the jaws of each pair close by spring-pressure, they may be pressed open by hand at any time. The convenient way for inserting the tobacco for the cigarbody is when the inner jaws are open, but with their fingers m forming a floor. Then by pressing back the outer jaws by hand a cigar-body may be inserted. This is preferably done while the machine is at rest. Then by applying the driving power the pairs of jaws rapidly and alternately open and close, and the inner jaws when closed on the cigarbody swing to partly rotate it, so that when they open and release the cigar to the outer jaws, which close on it, the cigar has made a partial rotation around its own axis, the body of the cigar lying all the time between the fingers of the jaws. The cigar may thus be formed and compressed in the machine.

For covering the cigar the operator feeds the end of the wrapper to the large end of the cigar, on which it winds as he guides the wrapper between the jaws, which jaws do not close so tightly as to tear the wrapper. By guiding the wrapper by hand it is wound on the cigar in the jaws by the rotation of the cigar-body. The nicking of the wrapper is done by a knife on the machine when the wrapper in its spiral winding nearly reaches the point or tip of the cigar. A little adhesive gum is applied by the finger or a brush just before the end of the wrapper is wound on the cigar. The rotation of the cigar winds the wrapper, and the closing of the jaws presses the cigar, so that the cigar assumes the form of the recess between the fingers of the jaws. The butt or large end of the cigar can then be cut oif,the jaw movement stopped, and the cigar may be removed by hand. The driving of the machine is quite similar as to power needed to the driving of a sewing-machine.

When used to cover cigar-bodies already bunched in the hinder, the first compression may be omitted and the wrappers applied as soon asthe jaws begin to operate to rotate the cigar.

The essential features of the invention are believed to be the manipulator-jaws, operating on the cigar in manner and for the purpose substantially stated, and various mechanisms may be used to give to such jaws the movements heretofore described.

The essential parts of the machine have been described; but various auxiliaries may preferably be added. Thus there is shown at the left of table B a knife Q, which is car ried on a pivot Z and in position to move between guide-plates Z C The guide-plates are secured to a shoe 6. Shoe b has ledges a R and can be attached to the table by screws passing through holes 0 d and into the table and shoe. The table is slotted under the knife, and the jaws may be slotted in line with the knife or stop short of the knife.

i The knife Q is normally held a little above the jaws by a spring or other holding mechanism. When the cigar is formed in the jaws, a slight blow or pressure on knife Q cuts the butt-end from the cigar, the 'knife passing into a slot in the jaws or past theend of the jaws, according to the construction. If the knife Q be brought lightly down while the manipulatonjaws are rotating the cigar, the end will be cut off smoothly by the rotation of the cigar against the edge of the knife.

A plate or table U, preferably of zinc, may be attached to the front table B by a bolt f, passing through a hole in the zinc plate and a slot in the table. The zinc plate U serves as a table on which the wrapper may be spread out and guided between the jaws.

Near the tip end of the cigar in the jaws there is a depression in the table, which is preferably filled by a rubber cushion g. The knife S is pivoted to a support T, whichis attached to the table by screw-bolts extending through holes properly located.

The knife S is normally held up by a spiral spring. A small notched cutter h is attached to a piece V and extends upward at the edge of the knife-support T and close to the narrow finger t at the end of the jaw F. The knife S is notched to pass this cutter. When the wrapper is wound nearly onto the cigar, the edge of this wrapper is brought to this cutter h and the knife S is brought down, thus nicking the edge of the wrapper in the peculiar manner usual in covering the cigar-tip.

As indicated in Fig. 5, the rod E, which gives rotation to the cigar-machine, is reciprocated sidewise by power mechanism.

The machine may be modified in various ways. I will now describe the modifications shown in Figs. 6 and 7. In place of short shaft 0 or C a pin maybe carried in the frame A, and a ratchet-wheel n and a race-cam 0 may be mounted on said pin, so as to rotate in unison. A pawl m, engaging the ratchet n, has its fulcrum in the link 9", and a spring 25 bears the pawl m into engagement with the ratchet-wheel. The jaws M M are pivoted to axis 2. At the ends the jaws have pins 19 p, which are guided in the serpentine groove in race-cam 0. The rotation of the race-cam will thus open and close the jaws by the bearing of pins p on the serpentine cam-faces. The jaws M lVl have a recess between them in form of a cigar. The ends of the cigar project from the ends of the jaws and are loosely clasped between springing blades or spoons M, which blades or spoons are fastened to the rotating pin or short shaft and held together by a ring V. The cigar is thus rotated by the rotation of these spoon blades when not grasped by the jaws M M The jaws M M swing about the cigar by a back-and-forward movement of push-bar or pitman 9. Backward movement of the machine is prevented by a spring-pawl engaging ratchet-wheel 7%.

From the foregoing it will be understood that. this invention includes modifications. The leading feature of the invention is found in manipulating jaws which both compress and rotate the cigar contained in the jaws. Where two sets of jaws are used, one set constitutes the cigar-holder when released by the other set. Where one pair of jaws is used, the spring blades or spoons constitute a holder.

What I claim is- 1. In a machine formaking cigars, the table having slots therein, the knives supported by the table in line with said slots, compressingjaws located between said knives, and means for rocking the jaws about a cigar within the jaws, all in combination.

2. Ina machine for making cigars, the forming-jaws provided with fingers having the form of a cigar between them, mechanical means for opening and closing said jaws, and for rocking them about an inclosed cigar, and a cutter in proximity to the end of said jaws, all combined substantially as described.

3. In a machine for making cigars, a pair of forming-jaws provided with fingers having spaces between said fingers, and a recess in the face of said fingers approximating the shape of half a cigar, means for opening and closing said jaws, and means for rotating a cigar within said jaws, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for making cigars, the combination with suitable pivotal supports, of two pairs of forming-jaws, each having fingers, the fingers of one jaw passing between the fingers of the adjacent jaw of the other pair, and means for opening and closing said pairs of jaws alternately, substantially as described.

5. The combination of two pairs of jaws having interdentated fingers and having a recess of the shape of a cigar between the fingers, means for opening and closing the pairs of jaws alternately, and means for rocking one pair of jaws about the said recess, substantially as described.

6. In a cigar-machine, a pair of jaws pivotally supported, operating-levers connected to said jaws, a rotating cam engaging said levers to swing them and open the jaws, and springs tending to restore said levers and close the jaws, all in combination substantially as described.

7. In a cigar-machine, a pair of pivoted jaws, means for opening and closing said jaws, and means for swinging the jaws about the axis of closure, in combination substantially as described.

8. In a cigar-machine, the plurality of pairs of jaws, the jaws of one pair having fingers passing between fingers on the other pair of jaws, means for opening and closing said pairs -of jaws alternately, and means for moving one of the pairs about their center of closure, all combined substantially as described.

. 9. In a cigar-machine, two pairs of jaws provided with interdentated fingers, one jaw of a pair having an extension past the baseline of closure of the jaws, means for opening and closing said jaws, and means for moving one pair of jaws about the axis of closure.

10. In a cigar-machine, a pair of jaws pivotally supported to open and close toward a common center, and having a cigar-shaped recess between the jaws, fingers on one jaw extending past the base of the other jaw in open or closed position, and means to open and close the jaws, the parts in combination substantially as. described.

11. In a cigar-machine, two pairs of jaws opening and closing about a common center in which the cigar is formed, and means for swinging one of the pairs of jaws about said center.

12. In a cigar-machine, a pair of jaws closing on the cigar-body, a cigar-holder independent of such jaws, and means for rotating the cigar while contained in said jaws and holder, to wind the wrapper on the body of the cigar, substantially as described.

13. In a cigar-machine, the combination of a cigar-holder, a pair of separable jaws, and means for rocking the jaws about their axis of closure while the cigar is in said jaws, substantially as described.

14. In 'a cigar-machine a pair of jaws openingand closing on the cigar-body and swinging about the center of closure, mechanical means for moving the jaws in one direction as to opening or closing, and springs effecting the movement in the other direction, all combined.

15. In a cigar-machine, a pair of jaws opening and closing on the body of a cigar, means connected to said jaws for rocking them about their center of closure, and a power driving mechanism by which said operations are effooted.

16. In a cigar-machine, two pairs of interdcntated opening and closing jaws, the jawpivot to the inner pair connected to rock about the center of closure, means for rock 

